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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Master Gill?

2. What is happening in Cairhien that has made travel in that area dangerous?

3. How can Mat possibly get out of Tar Valon?

4. Who warns Egwene?

5. Where does Mat find Thom Merrilin.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Perrin come by a large hammer when he arrives in Tear?

2. What happens when Nynaeve and Elayne return to Mother Guenna's?

3. What does Siuan Sanche say about the sword called Callandor?

4. Who is Comer and what happens when Mat encounters the man?

5. Who does Mat save and how does the person reward Mat?

6. How does Mat finally gain access to the palace in Caemlyn, and what does he overhear about Elayne?

7. Why does Lan go after Moiraine even though she told him to set out for Tar Valon?

8. Who helps Mat deliver Elayne's letter to Queen Morgase?

9. What happens when Egwene and Nynaeve awake in a small room after being captured?

10. Who is in a cage in Remem, and why is he there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Dragon Reborn is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Jordan treats the world of dreams as an actual world where what happens there can impact people when not in the dream world; for example, if one is killed in the dream world, they are dead in "real life." Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze how both Egwene and Perrin become more and more experienced in the dream world from the beginning of The Dragon Reborn to the end.

2. Describe and analyze Tel'Aran'Rhiod, and how it impacts the plot in The Dragon Reborn.

3. Why do you think Jordan includes the world of Tel'Aran'Rhiod in his Wheel of Time series?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of power throughout The Dragon Reborn. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of powerlessness? What characters seem powerless?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of magic throughout The Dragon Reborn. What characters are most concerned with magic? Why? What are some symbols of magic? How does the ability to channel give an automatic advantage to someone over another who cannot channel? Is there abuse of this ability?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of evil throughout The Dragon Reborn. What characters are what you would call evil? Why? What are some symbols of evil? Symbols of good? Are more characters evil than good or vice versa? Do you think in general there is less evil than good in the book?

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